Profile
Azher Hameed Qamar is a social scientist and anthropologist with a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Child Research from Norway. His research focuses on children, young people, migration, social resilience, lived experiences, and participatory research, with recent work on advancing theoretical and empirical insights into young adult migrants’ lived experiences and social resilience.
Publications
Qamar, A. H. (2024). Young Adult Migrants’ Social Experiences in Sweden: ‘Melting Pot’ and ‘Salad Bowl’ Perspectives on Social Integration. Children & Society. https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12857
Khalid, O. & Qamar, A. H. (2024). Parental Perception of Infants’ Use of Mobile Devices: A Qualitative Exploration. Child Care in Practice (CCCP). 1-14.
Qamar, A. H. & Azher, S. (2024). Birth Care Belief Practices: Traditional Mother-Child Care during Birth in Rural Punjab, Pakistan. Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics. 18 (1): 167–185.
Qamar, A. H. (2022). Social Value of the Child in the Global South: A Multifaceted Concept. Journal of Early Childhood Research, 20 (2), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1177/1476718X22108958
Qamar, A. H., & Ain, Q. U. (2021). Where Medicine ‘Fails’: The Evil Eye and Childcare Beliefs among Rural Saraiki Mothers in Punjab, Pakistan. Social Medicine, 14(2), 57-95.
Qamar, A. H. (2021). What is a Child? Exploring Conceptualization of Pakistani Adolescents About Children. Journal of Childhood Studies, 34-50.
Qamar, A. H., & Liaqat, H. (2020). Parents’ Observation on their Child’s Behavior Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Qualitative Exploration. Pakistan Journal of Professional Psychology: Research and Practice Vol, 11(1).
Qamar, A. H. (2018). The social value of the child and fear of childlessness among rural Punjabi women in Pakistan. Asian Journal of Social Science, 46(6), 638-667.
Qamar, A. H. (2017). The Postpartum Tradition of Sawa Mahina in Rural Punjab, Pakistan. Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics, 11(1), 127-150.
Qamar, A. H. (2016). Belief in the evil eye and early childcare in rural Punjab, Pakistan. Asian Ethnology, 75(2), 397-418.
